diff --git a/srcpkgs/peshming/template b/srcpkgs/peshming/template
index bf30e75a01..477b3533c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/peshming/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/peshming/template
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ homepage="https://git.jcg.re/jcgruenhage/peshming"
 distfiles="https://git.jcg.re/jcgruenhage/peshming/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=491f9a626228d5974ed25ca1ab6fb41e4301d3ecfffde86723a5f4bf96a0d1d7
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*) broken="missing AtomicU64";;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vdoc README.md